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Tag: Haris Stavroulakis

Tackling weight loss in MND – from ProGas to PostGas

Jessica Sturgess2 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes Swallowing problems are an incredibly common cause of malnutrition and weight loss in MND patients. To add to this, weight loss in MND is associated with shorter survival. This means managing swallowing problems effectively is crucial to ensuring people living with MND can have the best possible quality of life. Managing swallowing problems using gastrostomy…

Gastrostomy in MND: Progress in ProGas

Dr Samantha Price

Reading Time: 3 minutes As well as biomedical research, we fund healthcare research to lead to better symptom management and support for people living with MND. On the final day of the symposium, Dr Stavroulakis from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), presented results on his Association-funded research.  In some people living with MND, the muscles involved in…